Women's Summer Studio 2012

This week the Women's Summer Studio was in full swing. I could not have been happier watching the women who attended creating, experimenting, sharing ideas and painting....such a beautiful collection of women and their creative expressions.

Some of the work is minutely detailed, others are bursts of wild colours and still others, deep expressions of emotion, moved me to tears. I am delighted to see new artists emerging, women who are painting for the first time and loving it. To their amazement they can paint and paint beautifully.

I've always felt that the "Art World" would have us believe the lie that only some of us can paint. They shroud the Artist in mystery attempting to create a holy reverence for this Creative Being. We are expected to hover through the gallery speaking in hushed voices ... careful... you are walking on holy ground.

Yes, creating is a holy activity but like prayer, song and dance it isn't reserved for a select few. We used to believe that we needed a high priest to speak to God on our behalf, now we know that we all have direct access to a loving, inclusive God.

Likewise the visual arts are for everyone and perhaps most especially for those who have been told they can't draw, that they aren't creative, that they have no sense of colour or composition or some such nonsense.

I am delighted and honoured to be able to watch the ideas and emotions of these painters unfurl and find expression on paper and canvas. Thank you to each of the participating artists for allowing me to be a fellow sojourner on your creative journey.

Thank you for visiting My Turquoise Kettle Life today.

Wishing you a creative day,

Sandra